comprehension
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Although Centaur was presented as a model capable of simulating cognition, its biggest limitation appears to be in language comprehension.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
She claimed that she was mistakenly under the impression that her case would then be sent to appeal and noted that she has the documented verbal comprehension of a second-grader.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Phonics instruction gets kids in the door, then whole language comprehension needs to take over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
When the pizza was gone, they had to answer a whole series of comprehension questions.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing comprehension
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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